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- 31 May 2016
- HBS Case
Who Owns Space?
Development program (CCDev), where it would partner with private New Space companies to share the cost burden of near-Earth activities like supplying the International Space Station. NASA has always had private sector partners. But its early success with the Apollo...
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- 23 Feb 2004
- Research & Ideas
It’s Back to Business-Basics for Nonprofits
To transform lofty aspirations into quantifiable impact, nonprofits need to become more familiar with traditional business tools such as business plans, precise mission statements, and goal setting to improve their performance. That was...
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by Manda Salls
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Delivering HBS-style training for teachers
Inspired by an HBS lecturer who asked why there wasn’t a service academy for teachers, Tony Klemmer (MBA 1983) founded the National Academy of Advanced Teacher Education (NAATE) in Newport, Rhode Island, in 2010. The academy’s mission is...
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- 01 Mar 2013
- News
RallyPoint a Winner
In military parlance, a rally point is where soldiers scattered on a mission are to meet up. So when Iraq veterans Yinon Weiss (MBA 2011) and Aaron Kletzing (HBS 2013) launched a start-up to help veterans network and land civilian jobs,...
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- 01 Dec 1999
- News
Dan Fenn
If I had not been given a deadline, I'd still be poring over the written record of the people and highlights of those eventful years. I'd be reading about Dean Stan Teele, a thoughtful, high-minded leader who saw the mission of the School...
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Dan Fenn
- 25 Mar 2021
- News
Alumni Honor Nitin Nohria and Support His Legacy
advance initiatives to serve society and to address the opportunities and challenges facing the world today,” Datar said. Broad, Versatile Support Strengthening the role business plays in society has been central to the HBS mission since...
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- Forthcoming
- Article
How Important Is Editorial Gatekeeping? Evidence from Top Biomedical Journals
By: Joshua L. Krieger, Kyle R. Myers and Ariel D. Stern
We examine editors' influence on the scientific content of academic journals by unpacking the role of three major forces: journals' missions, aggregate supply of and demand for specific topics, and scientific homophily via editorial gatekeeping. In a sample of top...
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Editors;
Biomedical Research;
Editorial Gatekeeping;
Scientific Homophily;
Intellectual Capital;
Mission and Purpose;
Journals and Magazines;
Intellectual Property;
Innovation and Invention;
Human Capital;
Higher Education;
Publishing Industry
Krieger, Joshua L., Kyle R. Myers, and Ariel D. Stern. "How Important Is Editorial Gatekeeping? Evidence from Top Biomedical Journals." Review of Economics and Statistics (forthcoming). (Pre-published online May 29, 2023.)
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
Escape Hatch
Disconnect. Rebalance. Recharge. “We get real notes from real people who stay in our real houses,” he says, describing a recent message from a woman who thanked Getaway for helping put her marriage back on track. “That kind of feedback has made us even more committed...
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- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Code Breakers
recent decades, the number of women in tech jobs remains far lower. And the figures for women in leadership roles still hover around a far-from-equal 25 percent. Girls Who Code is on a mission to close the gender gap in STEM education and...
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- 01 Dec 2004
- News
HBS to Release 2004 Annual Report
to support the School’s mission. “Our strategic mission and our financial performance are closely linked,” explains Melnick. “HBS faculty continually generate important new ideas and insights, then translate this intellectual capital into...
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- 27 Aug 2014
- Lessons from the Classroom
Learning From Japan’s Remarkable Disaster Recovery
chrysanthemum producer to a provider of closures for families who have lost their loved ones. It was memorable to hear him talk about how his mission in life was developed and how he had redefined his business." “Post-disaster...
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- 11 Nov 2021
- Blog Post
ZONE DEFENSE: These self-driving, AI-powered drones do recon so soldiers don’t have to
missions in which Shield AI’s technology has been deployed, he says that it is being used in “indoor-clearance” situations, which are some of the most harrowing missions that troops can face. According to...
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- 01 Dec 2018
- News
HBS Campaign Impact
members. Realizing the HBS mission means constantly adapting: to master new pedagogies, to meet the changing needs of society, and to reach new audiences. HBS faculty members pursue research that serves as the foundation of the School’s...
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- 06 Sep 2016
- News
Connecting Past and Present
the decorative-ceiling business when he began what would ultimately become JRI-Poland—a mission that has never felt like work. “People have found family they were never were able to locate,” he says, “or never knew existed.” (Published...
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- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Using storytelling to transform the retail experience
consultant and private equity investor, who lives in Toronto. BRIKA, which opened for business in late 2012, features nearly 300 “makers” and thousands of their carefully crafted wares. Consumers get a connection to a “maker” along with the conversation piece, plus...
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- 24 Apr 2014
- News
When being a good neighbor means economic development
projects in America, Mission Rock will be developed on land owned by the Port of San Francisco. Team officials plan to break ground in 2015. In addition to construction jobs, the project is expected to support more than 7,000 permanent...
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- October 2004 (Revised April 2005)
- Case
Lexar Media: The Digital Photography Company?
Examines growth options for a start-up that has parlayed its core technology in flash memory controllers into a rapidly growing position in the emerging digital photography industry. The new CEO must decide whether LexarMedia should maintain its identity as a digital...
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Technology;
Mission and Purpose;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Growth Management;
Market Entry and Exit;
Business Startups;
Business Strategy;
Technology Industry
Tripsas, Mary, and Emily Thomson. "Lexar Media: The Digital Photography Company?" Harvard Business School Case 805-062, October 2004. (Revised April 2005.)
- Portrait Project
Lorrayne Ward
profit motive directly clashes with doing what's right. The stakes of this conflict – between individual gain and broader societal benefit – are nowhere higher than in the field of health care. Profits are necessary so that hospitals can fulfill their View Details
- 30 May 2016
- Blog Post
Meet the HBS Sound Society
the club now boasts over 150 members. What is the mission of Sound Society? Our mission is simple: enhance the HBS experience through music. Our founding team felt that this could be done in three primary...
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- 17 Nov 2022
- News
Blockchain for Good
As the Nigeria-Biafra war raged around them, Stella Dyer (MBA 1994), her mother, and her brother made a dangerous dash for a better life. Huddled in the belly of a Portuguese cargo plane returning from delivering arms to the Biafran forces, Dyer remembers Nigerian...
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Ralph Ranalli